Ellerbe: Mayweather vs. Mosley does 1.4 million buys

oscar floyd was much more promoted...i believe they did 6 city stop and it was marketed much better..

n btw dont act like 1.4-1.5 million isnt good..3rd highest of all time if thats the case

 

Where the hell did you get that number?

Oscar-Tito did 1.4

 

No it wasn't.

GBP set the promotional record with this fight.

 

I'd wait for the official numbers before saying how awesome it is Floyd did 1.4 mil. Maybe he did, but there was a lot of reports it only did 1.1-1.2. I think either way it's good, but nowhere near what idiots said it would do.

 

I've never seen 1.9 for tha fight. Always read 1.4 million. Which further points to the success of this fight.

 

1. Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather, May 2007 - 2.4 million PPV buys

2. Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield (rematch), June 1997 - 1.99 million PPV buys

3. Mike Tyson vs Lennox Lewis, June 2002 - 1.97 million PPV buys

4. Mike Tyson vs Holyfield (1st match), November 1996 - 1.59 million PPV buys

5. Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeeley, August 1995 - 1.55 million PPV buys

6. Oscar De La Hoya vs. Felix Trinidad, September 1999 - 1.4 million PPV buys
Evander Holyfield vs George Foreman, April 1991 - 1.4 million PPV buys

8. Mike Tyson vs. Frank Bruno, March 1996 - 1.37 million PPV buys

9. Pacquiao vs. De la Hoya, December 6, 2008 – 1.25 million PPV buys
Pacquiao vs. Cotto, November 14, 2009 – 1.25 million PPV buys
Mike Tyson vs. Razor Ruddock, June 1991 - 1.25 million PPV buys

12. Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis (1st fight), March 1999 - 1.2 million PPV buys

 

Would have to check on #1. Given the relative amount of promotion of each bout and having two American-born fighters vs two non-American born fighters, though, Mosley-Mayweather should have blown away Pacquiao-Clottey in ticket sales/gate. Don't think that was the case, but would have to look it up to be sure.

Here is the ESB link for the Steve Kim blurb about the ticket sales being weak. Kim's write-up came like 5 days before the fight, so the discussion of possible PPV sales may best be broken up between "pre-bad ticket sales report" and "post-bad ticket sales report:"

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=222325&highlight=mosley+mayweather+ticket

I'm doing some more research on the "post-bad ticket sales report" predictions on PPV buys. Before Kim's report, you could find the "record-breaking" statements without too much trouble. After reality started to set in, however, it may be a bit more difficult. I'll keep looking.

 

For a guy who predicted 2, you sure aren't hard to please.

 

1.4 is good, and what makes sense.

It just shows how delusional GBP was being.

 

Honestly, who cares. 50/50, make it happen.

 

I started a thread thinking it would push 2 million. I was in Vegas when I wrote it, I was fueled by the atmosphere and yea, I went a little overboard. But looking at this # compared to every other ppv in the history of the sport and you call it a failure? Now that's without reason.

 

DAt would b great, but Pacquiao bringz da numberz. Floyd Jr. iz a great fighter, but it depends on who he fights that'll garnish a viewing audience.

 

totally agree with you, if the fight was profitable, i wouldnt call it a failure, id say it was pretty damn profitable,

 

Projected? Haha! I highly doubt anybody projected 3 or 4 million PPV buys for a Mosley fight. If anybody did say that, i doubt they were all that serious.

 

No one has projected those numbers for ANY fight.
Mayweather will never touch 2 mil again without a superstar in front of him.